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    Attorney Impact Staff Attorney

    Staff Attorney, Impact Litigation

    Expires: 2026-02-22
    Organization
    The Bronx Defenders
    Salary
    Salary is commensurate with experience. For candidates with a minimum of 5 years of directly relevant experience, the salary for this position is approximately $96,918.00, for candidates with 10 years of experience the salary is approximately $114,577.
    Job Status
    Full Time
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    Bronx, NY

    Impact Litigation 

    Our Impact Litigation Practice (ILP) litigates proactive challenges to systemic injustices our clients face. We collaborate with defenders in each BxD practice area to identify litigation and other advocacy projects that will have the greatest practical impact on strengthening our clients’ defense and preventing further legal system involvement. Our current slate of projects includes challenges to the NYPD’s flagrant misuse of sealed arrest records, racially discriminatory policing through an arbitrary gangs database, racially discriminatory family policing by ACS, arbitrary immigration detention, and inhumane conditions of confinement in immigration detention. 
    Responsibilities
     

    Litigation and Advocacy 
    Investigate law enforcement and legal system practices; recommend strategies (litigation or otherwise) to achieve ILP’s strategic priorities 
    Litigate civil rights cases in state and federal court, both as co-counsel and as lead counsel 
    Represent BxD in advocacy coalitions and in the media 
    Draft non-litigation advocacy materials such as documentary reports 
    Staff Development 
    Help hire and onboard staff and interns 
    Support professional development of less experienced staff and interns 

    Requirements

    Qualifications
    Candidates must have: 

    Admission to practice law in New York or qualification for admission on motion 
    The following civil litigation experience in New York State court or federal court: 
    Investigating and drafting complaints/petitions 
    Primary authorship of briefs on dispositive motions or preliminary injunctions 
    Oral argument, preferably on dispositive motions or preliminary injunctions 
    Drafting discovery demands, negotiating discovery disputes with opposing counsel, and/or taking depositions 
    Drafting settlement demands or mediation statements, and/or engaging in substantive settlement discussions with a mediator or opposing counsel 
    Strong public speaking skills, specifically regarding legal systems confronting BxD clients 
     

    ILP has a strong preference for candidates who have: 

    Experience representing plaintiffs in civil rights cases 
    Experience managing cases as lead counsel 
    Knowledge of legal protections specific to BxD clients: rights of New Yorkers that intersect with criminal defense, family defense, eviction defense, immigration defense, property seizure, and reentry issues 
    Experience developing legal strategies in coalition with other advocates and/or organizations of people directly impacted by the issues you seek to confront 
    Demonstrated success in achieving meaningful change through legal advocacy 
     

    Job Contact
    Paulette Forte
    (718)838-7878 hiring@bronxdefenders.org